löja

See also: loja, Loja, lōja, and łoją

Swedish

Etymology

Cognate of Norwegian laue, løya, løje, Danish løjer. Doublet of låga. See also Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós) as the name of a holy fish attested in the ode to Berenice by Theocritus ([1]).

The name is due to the silvery flashes from the sides of the fish at its turns in the water. Compare etymologies for braxen and id.

Noun

löja c

1. bleak (fish)

Declension

Declension of löja

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	löja	löjas
	definite	löjan	löjans
plural	indefinite	löjor	löjors
	definite	löjorna	löjornas

References

• löja in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• löja in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• löja in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• löja in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)